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WORDS 23 Gail Noble-Sanderson: 4pm, Village Books, Lynden Spencer Ellsworth: 7pm, Village Books FILM COMMUNITY March for Our Lives: 10am, Bellingham City Hall 18 Democrats Convention: 10am-2pm, Bellingham High School MUSIC Rock & Gem Club Show: 10am-6pm, Bloedel Donovan

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30 signed an executive order outlining a strategy for the recovery of Puget Sound’s crashing resident southern FOOD resident orca population and the prized Chinook salmon that nourish them. views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE “The problems faced by orcas and salmon are hu- 24 man-caused, and we as Washingtonians have a duty to protect these species,” Inslee said. “The impacts B-BOARD of letting these two species disappear would be felt for generations.” BY AMY GOODMAN

23 The order instructs state agencies to outline immediate steps and long-term solutions to recover these spe-

FILM cies. The order also assembles a task force to bring together state agencies, tribal leaders, local governments, ‘Bloody Gina’

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MUSIC It may be too little, too late; and the capital-driven forces that are pressuring these creatures out of exis- ON MONDAY, President Don- Gina did it, I think, because they en-

16 tence are accelerating even as responses to pressures ald Trump fired Secretary of State joyed doing it. They tortured just for

ART are assembled. Rex Tillerson by tweet. Despite the sake of torture, not for the sake The problem for Puget Sound and the Salish Sea is the scores of administration of- of gathering information.”

15 compounded not merely by the disconnect between ficials who have been ousted, es- After President Barack Obama’s state and federal imperatives (although those have corted out or simply left, Trump is election, the torture program was

STAGE never been so divergent), but by an international still managing to make an indelible dismantled, but those who autho- boundary that transects that body of water and makes mark on the federal government, rized it, those who oversaw it and difficult the policy coordination needed to save it. installing scores of conservative the torturers themselves all avoided 14 As an illustration of the challenge, tribal fishing judges to lifetime appointments, center in Thailand, where al-Qaida prosecution. “We need to look for- communities south of the boundary have experienced gutting hard-won regulations and suspects were brought to be inter- ward as opposed to looking back-

GET OUT startling difficulty coordinating with tribal fishing slashing vital social safety net pro- rogated. The best-known victim at wards,” Obama said in 2009. communities north—despite the fact many are cous- grams. In the same tweet in which that site is Abu Zubaydah, who was “This is where we Europeans come

12 ins and kin. They share a lineage as well as a heritage. he fired Tillerson, he announced subjected to a horrific array of tor- in,” human-rights attorney Wolfgang The international boundary forces them apart. two promotions: CIA Director Mike ture techniques, all technically au- Kaleck told us on “Democracy Now!” The tribes made headway this week, though, with Pompeo would be his new secretary thorized through a series of legal He is founder of the European Cen- WORDS Washington tribes meeting with First Nations peoples of state, and Deputy CIA Director memos written by lawyers in the ter for Constitutional and Human

8 in Canada in a declaration calling for a shutdown of Gina Haspel would replace Pompeo Bush-Cheney administration. Water- Rights, and last year asked German Atlantic salmon net-pen farming. to head the spy agency. Haspel’s boarding, constricted confinement prosecutors to issue an arrest war- The declaration was endorsed at the first of a career at the CIA spans more than in a box for long periods of time, rant for Haspel for her role in the

CURRENTS planned annual Salmon Summit convened at Tulalip to three decades. Her work is shroud- humiliation, forced feeding through torture program. “Torture has to be bring together tribes, government agencies and con- ed in secrecy, but two things are the rectum and numerous other pain- prosecuted everywhere in the world. 6 6 servationists to address issues in the cross-boundary well-known: She ran a CIA “black ful procedures were used. In 2005, We have a number of laws in Europe, waters of the Salish Sea. site” where people were brutally working as chief of staff to Jose A. and we used these laws in the last VIEWS VIEWS “The Coast Salish ancestral homelands, Salish Sea tortured, then she helped cover up Rodriguez Jr., the head of the CIA’s 15 years to file numerous criminal

4 and people continue to face detrimental damages the torture through the destruc- Counterterrorism Center, Haspel complaints in numerous jurisdictions to the environment and resources based on the tion of videotapes, against presi- drafted a memo that he sent order- against the torturers of the U.S..” MAIL pollution-based economy,” the tribes asserted in dential orders. These alone should ing the destruction of 92 videotapes Kaleck said of Haspel: “We think

2 their declaration. immediately disqualify her for con- of those very torture sessions she it’s important that the judicial au- Mismanaged, misapplied aquaculture is, of course, firmation by the U.S. Senate. led, despite a White House directive thorities in Germany, in other Eu-

DO IT only one of the threats to Salish Sea marine popula- “Would I approve waterboard- not to destroy them. ropean countries, try to investigate tions—and is perhaps not even the largest or most ing? You bet your ass I would, in a John Kiriakou, a 14-year veteran her role in Thailand and elsewhere, immediate threat. heartbeat,” Trump boasted from the of the CIA, blew the whistle on the and that they are prepared—if Gina Even as we begin to learn how sensitive these podium at an Ohio campaign stop Bush-era torture program and, for Haspel travels to our countries— 03.21.18 creatures are to heavy marine vessel traffic, that in November 2015. He repeated the speaking out, was imprisoned for that they arrest her. Notorious tor- marine traffic is on the verge of increasing four-fold pledge throughout his campaign, two years. He is, to date, the only turers shouldn’t be allowed to travel .13

12 under new energy initiatives. A recent study found and while president. He suggested a U.S. official jailed in relation to freely through Europe.” # southern resident orcas can lose up to 97 percent slew of other techniques, including Bush’s torture program. “We did call Republican Sen. Rand Paul has of their ability to communicate with each other be- the execution of family members in her Bloody Gina,” Kiriakou said on already said he will oppose her. cause of noise pollution. front of interrogation suspects as the “Democracy Now!” news hour. Arizona Republican Sen. John Mc- Dwarfing all other impacts, stormwater runoff dumps an inducement to talk. If Trump gets “Gina was always very quick and very Cain, who was tortured as a pris- as much oil and pollutants into the Salish Sea and its his way and installs Gina Haspel as willing to use force… there was a oner of war in North Vietnam, has tributary streams every two years as were spilled into CIA director, he will have someone group of officers in the CIA’s Coun- called the Bush torture program

CASCADIA WEEKLY Prince William Sound by the Exxon Valdez disaster. with direct, hands-on experience terterrorism Center, when I was serv- “one of the darkest chapters in There’s a lot of work to do; and not much time, with with torture, a leader in the George ing there, who enjoyed using force.” American history.” All senators 6 more orcas dying than are born each year. Fewer than W. Bush administration’s notorious Kiriakou asked, “Was it moral, and should close the book on torture 76 southern resident orcas remain. torture program. was it ethical, and was it legal? Very now and vote to oppose Gina Has- The coordinated passion of the tribes may inspire In 2002, Haspel ran a CIA torture clearly no. But Gina and people like pel’s confirmation. the leaders who returned home from the 10th Pacific Coast Collaborative in Vancouver, British Columbia, VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE last week. Formed in 2008, the Col- A BETTER WAY TO

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able resource management. 23 The premier of British Columbia, the governors of Washington, Oregon, and FILM California this week announced joint Win $200 Every 15 actions on critical issues facing all 18 four jurisdictions, including coordinated efforts to address environmental MUSIC protection and climate change. Minutes on Monday,

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BELLINGHAM keynote speaker Charles Wilkerson said as he introduced the forum. A law professor at the University of Colorado, Wilkerson has written 14 books on law, history, and

30 society in the American West. Wilkerson is a noted authority on Northwest tribal FOOD treaty fishing rights. currents The Billy Frank Jr. Pacific Salmon Sum- NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX mit was designed to inspire, enlighten and 24 ignite others to carry the torch to advance and strengthen policies to protect and de- B-BOARD fend salmon and salmon habitat. The forum served as an opportunity for

23 tribal leaders from both sides of the border, members and fishery managers, non-tribal

FILM fishery managers, policy makers, scien- tists and the public to discuss successes,

18 challenges and strategies for protecting salmon. The event was organized by the

MUSIC Olympia-based nonprofit Salmon Defense and sponsored by a host of Salish Sea tribal

16 fishing communities.

ART It was a unique forum, timely in the face of new initiatives to protect the fish that

15 serve as a totem for the Pacific Northwest. “We’re only as healthy as the salmon

STAGE runs are,” Shawn Yanity, the Stillagua- mish tribal chairman, said, urging action on declining stocks. 14 “The Boldt decision, many people would say, is the single-most important

GET OUT court decision handed down in the Pacif- ic Northwest ever,” Wilkinson said, and

12 ranked the decision among the most sig- nificant ever reached in U.S. history on behalf of dispossessed peoples. And Billy WORDS Frank, Jr., he said, belongs in the same

8 pantheon as Mart Luther King, Jr. United States v. Washington was the official title of the Boldt decision, and the CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 decision was exactly that: An assertion that tribes had a right to fish that had its 6 origins and protections resting in a higher authority than the State of Washington, VIEWS which had sought to limit tribes’ abilities

4 to fish in their usual and accustomed places.Throughout those turbulent years, Frank MAIL BY TIM JOHNSON held fish-ins, acts of civil disobedience

2 against the state. He was jailed a number of times, but he kept fighting.

DO IT The decision led to the formation of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, which Frank led during its first 30 years. Salmon Summit In his spirit, the forum set out com- 03.21.18 mon goals: Tribes vowed to work to re- NORTHWEST TRIBES IGNITE THE LEGACY OF BILLY FRANK, JR. turn rivers to more natural flood patterns, .13

12 through floodplains and deltas; restore # estuaries; and work to end federal sub- sidies for floodplain development. They “BILLY FRANK, Jr., refused to be bitter in the face of jail, racism, and abuse, and acts of civil disobedience to fight for tribal also committed to continue to find ways his influence was felt not just in Washington state but around the world. …The legacy rights, culminating in the 1979 Supreme to remove dams and other impediments to of Billy Frank, Jr., will live on in stories, in memories, and every time a Tribal member Court decision that affirmed the treaty fish travel while continuing to support a exercises his or her right to harvest salmon in Washington state... Billy Frank, Jr., con- rights of tribes to fair fishing access. robust hatchery program.

CASCADIA WEEKLY tinues to inspire those still around today and those still to come.” He died four years ago, but his spirit A work group will meet roughly every oth- So read the resolution introduced to the U.S. Congress last week by Washington Sena- was powerfully present at a Pacific Salmon er month during the next year to figure out 8 tors Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray and Representatives Denny Heck and Derek Kilmer, Summit named in his honor and held this how to make those goals a reality. honoring March 9 as the date of the birth of the Northwest tribal leader. week at the Tulalip Resort Casino. “As the salmon disappear so do our Billy Frank Jr., a member of the Nisqually Tribe, was a longtime Indian treaty rights “The man this conference is named af- tribal cultures and treaty rights,” Frank and environmental activist, known for leading the fight to restore and protect trea- ter is, in my lifetime, probably the best warned. “We are at a crossroads and we ty fishing rights in Washington state. For decades, he organized demonstrations and political leader this state has ever seen,” are running out of time.”

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FILM T NEWS SUNDAY MARCH14-19 s BY TIM JOHNSON A flotilla of kayak activists take to the 18 waters of Seattle’s Elliott Bay, in support Hundreds of students and faculty members took part in a walk-out protest against gun violence on the Western Wash- of protestors across the border, calling

MUSIC ington University campus last week. Students staged a die-in, for better safety regulations of oil barges and while the outlines of their bodies were marked with chalk in the Salish Sea and to block the Kinder

16 in Red Square organizers with WWU Students Against Gun Morgan’s Puget Sound oil pipeline through Violence spoke about the need for action from lawmakers.

ART Washington state. About 30 “kayaktivists” 03.14.18 Students urged people to contact their representatives in Olympia and Washington D.C., including the White House. And with the group Mosquito Fleet surrounded a

15 WEDNESDAY vote, organizers said, please vote. large oil barge near the Port of Seattle and held a large banner that read “Stop Kinder

STAGE Recognizing the dire need to protect both these species, Gov. Jay Inslee signs crimes on campus. Library staff discovered Morgan.” [Seattle Times] an executive order outlining a strategy for southern resident orca and Chi- several books damaged with antisemetic nook recovery. The order instructs state agencies to outline immediate steps speech in Jewish Studies sections of the Wil- 03.19.18 14 and long-term solutions to recover these species. The order also assembles a son Library. In another incident, a swastika task force to bring together state agencies, tribal leaders, local governments, was discovered on a poster outside a faculty MONDAY

GET OUT federal partners and other stakeholders to make recommendations at the state, member’s door in the Communications Facil- Gov. Inslee signs the Access to De- regional and federal levels. ity building. University leaders condemn the mocracy package, five bills intended to

12 vandalism and urge anyone with knowledge improve voter access and strengthen de- 03.15.18 of the incidents to contact police. [WWU] mocracy in Washington state. Three of the bills make it easier to register to vote, WORDS THURSDAY Fred Meyer stores will begin phasing out allowing people to register up to and on

8 The Federal Emergency Management Agency—the federal government’s first sales of all guns and ammunition. Earlier Election Day, letting 16- and 17-year-olds responder to floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters—has eliminated this month, the retailer announced they’ll pre-register to vote, and creating automat- references to climate change from its strategic planning document for the next stop selling guns and ammo to anyone un- ic voter registration for citizens obtaining CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 four years. That document, released by FEMA, outlines plans for building prepared- der 21 years of age. They’ve also confirmed enhanced driver’s licenses or identification ness and reducing the complexity of the agency. The document does not say what they’ll pull all magazines that showcase as- cards through the Department of Licensing. 6 could be contributing to “rising natural hazard risk,” or what conditions could sault-type weapons. [Associated Press] The measures aim to address the low partic- require the “increased investments in pre-disaster mitigation.” [NPR] ipation rate in elections. VIEWS 03.17.18

4 03.16.18 Washington tribes join with First Nations SATURDAY peoples in Canada in a declaration calling MAIL FRIDAY Police officers arrest a group of pro- for a shutdown of Atlantic salmon net-

2 Bellingham Police identify the body of a homeless man who died in police testers who they said were violating the pen farming along the West Coast of North custody. Robert Gagnon, 49, called 911 for assistance just after midnight. Offi- terms of an injunction recently granted America. The declaration was endorsed at

DO IT cers responded to the Drop In Center on West Holly St. Police say he was acting to Kinder Morgan for its Trans Mountain the first of a planned annual Salmon Sum- paranoid and unstable, possibly due to a mental health issue or the influence pipeline work site in Burnaby, B.C. The mit convened at Tulalip to bring together of a drug. Medics were called and administered first aid but the man later died protesters were at the project’s Burnaby tribes, First Nations, government agencies, at the hospital. [COB] Terminal, where an indefinite injunction and conservationists to preserve Pacific 03.21.18 prohibits them from entering within 150 salmon in the cross-boundary waters of the Western Washington University Police are investigating two incidents of hate feet of the work site. [CBC] Salish Sea. [Seattle Times] .13 12 #

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to neutralize the merchandise anti-theft BUZZ 30 devices. Police confronted them as they

left the store, and discovered over rough- FOOD FINALS WEEK ly $200 worth of stolen property. On March 13, University Police arrested a 24 man after he was discovered attempting to DOG GONE tear calendars off the wall with an ice pick On March 10, Anacortes Police checked in a hallway at Arntzen Hall. The man then on a report of a loose dog. Upon arrival, B-BOARD fled into the Sehome Arboretum where the officer observed someone grabbing

University and Bellingham Police officers the dog by the collar to keep it from run- 23 arrested him near the observation tower. ning away, but the dog, a black lab mix,

backed out of the collar and ran off to FILM On March 16, University Police spoke to the area of 19th Street. Police logged the

a woman outside Miller Hall who was bab- empty dog collar into evidence. 18 bling and “not making any sense.”

IF IT AIN’T NAILED DOWN... MUSIC On March 10, University Police checked on On March 10, a piece of glass lawn art

a student passed out drunk on the lawn resembling a sailboat was stolen from a 16 outside the academic instruction center. home in Anacortes. Police said the item ART was described as weighing more than 200 On March 18, University Police spoke to pounds, so stealing it likely took more 15 a group of students who were yelling at than one person. There are no suspects.

passing cars. The art was valued at $200. STAGE

On March 9, University Police questioned PENNY STORE PIRATE 14 the wisdom of a couple of people who were On March 13, a man fled a discount store trying to string a hammock between two near Bellis Fair Mall with a garbage can trees 20 feet in the air outside Edens Hall. filled with stolen property. The stolen GET OUT booty was located by Bellingham Police, 2.1 stashed and hidden behind a tree several Billions of people worldwide who lack access to safely managed drinking waters. By 2050, PADDEN PUDKNOCKER 12 On March 10, Bellingham Police learned blocks away. The man was not located. the world’s population will have grown by an estimated 2 billion people and global water an older white man was seen prancing demand could be up to 30 percent higher than today. WORDS around naked and touching himself at the FELONIOUS FUGITIVES

tennis court and again near the restrooms On March 7, a man reported he had been 8 8 on the north side of Lake Padden. assaulted and his phone stolen near Sun- 70 65 set Square. Police search the neighbor- Percent of global water withdrawals that Estimated percent of world forested land CURRENTS CURRENTS On March 11, Bellingham Police learned hood and located the suspected thief. The service agriculture. Industry consumes an that is in a degraded, desiccated state. CURRENTS an older white peacock in his 50s or 60s 19-year-old ran from police and officers additional 20 percent. who was proudly displaying his nudity chased him on foot through heavy traffic. 6 near the boat launch at Lake Padden. They eventually caught up with him hiding under a semi-trailer. He was arrested. 71 50 VIEWS

CAMPUS CREEPS Estimated percentage of natural wetlands Estimated metric tons of topsoils from 4 On March 13, University Police attempted On March 6, Bellingham Police arrest- that have been lost since 1900 as a result croplands carried away each year due to to locate a man who was making female ed a man for reckless driving after of human activity. soil erosion. MAIL

students uncomfortable outside the Hag- witnesses said he sped and fishtailed 2 gard Hall residence. through the Fairhaven business district.

Witnesses reported the man was in the 80 40 DO IT On March 13, University Police learned a street trying to punch passing vehicles, Percent of global wastewater generated by Percent of the lakes in America that are man was making women uncomfortable hitting one with a baseball bat and society that flows back into the environment too polluted for fishing, aquatic life, or without being treated or reused. swimming. near the Ridgeway complex. He was locat- kicking his own car near the Fairhaven ed and marched away from the residence. Haggen store. He leaped in his car and 03.21.18 sped away crazily before officers ar- .13

On March 16, University Police checked on rived. The 45-year-old was located and 12

1.2 # a man reported skulking in the bushes near arrested. “Luckily, no damage or injuries Trillions of gallons of untreated sewage, stormwater, and industrial waste are dumped into the archives building. He was not located. occurred,” police reported. U.S. waters each year.

On March 16, University Police took the On March 12, Anacortes residents called report of a woman who was being threat- police when they discovered an unknown 2.2 ened with the release of compromising man walking through their front yards. Number of miles in Bellingham’s 10th annual Walk for Water event along Padden Creek at photographs. Police were ultimately led to the man 10am, Sat. March 24. The walk begins and ends at the Fairhaven Village Green. March 22 is CASCADIA WEEKLY who was lying on the ground. When the World Water Day. SISTER 'LIFTERS sergeant asked him what he was doing, 11 On March 13, Bellingham Police arrest- the 50-year-old said that he was running ed two women who were using a device from police. His belongings turned up a in an attempt to steal merchandise from small amount of narcotics. He was ar- SOURCES: City of Bellingham;United Nations World Water Day; National Academy of Sciences; Bellis Fair Mall. Police say the women put rested and released. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency close. It is what the siblings do with this knowledge that makes this such a compelling story. If you knew the date of your death,

30 how would you live your life? Benjamin ably takes on the question of fate or free FOOD will, showing that such knowledge can words be a double-edged sword. Do the siblings COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS make decisions because of the prophecy? 24 Are the shortest lives the ones lived most fully? Benjamin dedicates a section of B-BOARD the book to each, delving into each personality to explore how these questions

23 of destiny play out. Simon, the youngest, follows his sis-

FILM ter Klara to San Francisco where, at 16, he commits himself to living an authen-

18 tic existence as a young gay man. It is the early ’80s in the Castro District;

MUSIC people still mourn Harvey Milk’s assas- sination and the AIDS

16 crisis is devastating

ART the community. Simon gets a job dancing at

15 a club, which eventually leads him to

STAGE the Ballet Academy, GET IT where he becomes a HOW: The featured performer 14 Immortalists is and finds love with a available from fellow dancer. your local library GET OUT in print, large Meanwhile, Klara print, eBook, and hones her magic show

12 downloadable 12 and tries to make her audio formats. way in a white, male- To request, dominated profes- WORDS WORDS visit www.wcls. org if you live sion where women are

8 in Whatcom usually mere props. County, or www. Idealistic Klara wants bellingham her magic to remind publiclibrary.org CURRENTS people of the mystery if you live within inherent in the world;

6 Bellingham city limits. practical Klara uses sleight-of-hand skills VIEWS to pad her wallet through pickpocketing.

4 Her success eventually leads her to Las Vegas, where she is booked as the open- MAIL CHLOE BENJAMIN ing act for Siegfried & Roy.

2 The older siblings, Daniel and Varya, are more staid. Daniel becomes an Army

DO IT REVIEWED BY LISA GRESHAM doctor during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and stays closer to home. Varya, the eldest, is anxious, fixated on control, and takes an evidence-based ap- 03.21.18 The Immortalists proach to truth that leads her to sci- entific study. Ironically, determined to .13 A DATE WITH DEATH

12 outsmart death, her life’s research is a # IT’S HALFWAY through a humid summer in 1969 on New York City’s Lower East longevity study with primates. Side, and the four Gold siblings are restless. There is no air-conditioning in the How many of these life choices were house, and life seems to be happening to everyone else but them. Kids are getting made because of the date lodged in their wasted at Woodstock, there is rioting outside the Stonewall Inn, people are even consciousness by the fortune-teller? Ben- walking on the moon. jamin’s novel reminds the reader of the Daniel has heard that a rishika, a fortune-teller, recently moved into the neighbor- power of thoughts to shape reality, and

CASCADIA WEEKLY hood. Rumor has it that rather than foretelling what will happen in your life, her par- begs the question, so poignantly asked ticular skill is naming the exact date of your death. The siblings find her apartment and by poet Mary Oliver, “Tell me, what is it 12 she takes them in one at a time, making each promise never to speak a word to anyone you plan to do with your one wild and about the date she shared. precious life?” Thus begins Chloe Benjamin’s family saga, The Immortalists, which follows Simon, Klara, Daniel, and Varya through five decades observing how the date shared by the Lisa Gresham is the Collection Support Man- rishika shapes their lives. Some of the dates are far in the future, some tragically ager for Whatcom County Library System. doit

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Pickled Salmon & Herring 24 BINGO NIGHT: Generations Early Learning will host a “Fly Me to the Moon” Bingo Night fundraiser from Dutch Potato Goat Cheese

6-10pm at the Majestic, 1027 N. Forest St. Tickets Manchego Sheep Cheese B-BOARD are $25 and include dinner, 10 games of Bingo and a dauber. Prize baskets, raffles, a performance Bavarian Braunschweiger

from Viking Vocal Jazz and more will be part of the 23 evening’s festivities. Artichoke Pasta Petals Join the national movement to demand school safety and an end to gun violence and (360) 752-6336 Huckleberry Chocolate FILM mass shootings in schools at a “March for Our Lives Bellingham” Sat., March 24 starting at Bellingham City Hall SAT., MARCH 24 Honey Moon Berry Meads MARCH FOR OUR LIVES: Join the national move- 18 ment to demand school safety and an end to gun

WORDS tion at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The book violence and mass shootings in schools at a March for Hospitable Delicacies MUSIC takes readers on a step-by-step journey to personal Our Lives Bellingham event starting at 10am at Bell- 360-592-2297 WED., MARCH 21 transformation, professional growth, and multi- ingham City Hall, 210 Lottie St. After coming together www.everybodys.com 16 OPEN MIC: Sign up to read your poetry and prose faceted success through harnessing life’s fires. at City Hall, there will be speakers that will express Highway 9 – Van Zandt or play music—or simply listen in—at a Creekside WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM their thoughts on mass shootings, gun violence in ART Open Mic starting at 6:30pm at Sudden Valley’s schools, and school safety in general, followed by a South Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court, Gate 2. MON., MARCH 26 peaceful march around a predetermined path. Meet the Author! 15 Entry is free. OPEN MIC NIGHT: Published and unpublished WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/EVENTS Free Events at VB in Fairhaven (360) 305-3632 writers are encouraged to attend and enjoy a STAGE welcoming audience at the monthly Open Mic DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: Whatcom County Bruce HolbertSaturday, Feb. 17, 4pm WHISKEY: Bruce Holbert reads from his new book Night at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Local Democrats will co-host a County Convention with of fiction, Whiskey, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 writer and editor Andrew McBride will host the free the 42nd LD Democrats and 40th LD Democrats from Whiskey 14 11th St. event. Sign up in advance at the main counter, or 10am-2pm at Bellingham High School, 2020 Cornwall It has a lasting, powerful effect... WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM by calling the number listed here. Ave. Attendees will discuss and adopt the 2018 party A new novel from the Washington

(360) 671-2626 platform, and LD caucuses will elect delegates to go GET OUT State Book Award-winning author BOYNTON POETRY CONTEST: The annual Sue C. to the state Convention. This is a great opportunity of The Hour of Lead Boynton Poetry Contest is accepting submissions POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their to join the party leading the resistance; membership Wed., March 21, 7pm 12 through March 31. See submission guidelines online. creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at is $10-$20. 12 WWW.THEPOETRYDEPARTMENT. 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central WWW.WHATCOMDEMOCRATS.ORG WORDPRESS.COM/CONTEST Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Entry is by donation. WORDS WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG TAX HELP: The AARP Tax-Aide program will provide Lauren Danner WORDS FRI., MARCH 23 free tax preparation services today from 12:30- will present

AUSCHWITZ TO AMERICA: Journalist Katrina TUES., MARCH 27 4:30pm at Bellingham’s First Congregational Church, 8 Shawver shares stories from Henry: A Polish Swim- BELLINGHAM READS: Michael Finkel’s The Stranger 2401 Cornwall Ave. On weekdays through mid-April, Crown Jewel mer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to in the Woods will be the focus of a Bellingham Reads the service will take place from 3:30-6:30pm. WILDERNESS America at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Told book discussion from 6:30-7:30pm at the Dodson See guidelines on the Bellingham Public Library’s Creating North Cascades CURRENTS in an interview format, Henry relates a life as a Room at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central website. National Park champion swimmer and coach, interrupted by three Ave. The group is open to all, and new members are WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG 6 years imprisoned in Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a always welcome. Thursday, March 22, 7pm Part of the Nature of Writing Series Catholic Polish political prisoner. (360) 778-7236 MARCH 24-25 with the North Cascades Institute VIEWS WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM ROCK & GEM CLUB SHOW: The 57th annual Mt. Baker Rock & Gem Club Show takes place from 10am- THURS., MARCH 29 4 SAT., MARCH 24 COMMUNITY BEACON: Ralph Myers and Julianna 6pm Saturday, and 10am-5pm Sunday at the Bloedel Katrina Shawver

THE PASSAGE HOME: Gail Noble-Sanderson reads Royal Guy will talk about their book A Beacon of Donovan Community Center, 2214 Electric Ave. Fine MAIL from The Passage Home to Meuse at 4pm at Lynden’s Community Development: The Cordata Neighborhood jewelry, rocks from worldwide sources, minerals, HENRY

Village Books, 430 Front St. In this second historical Association at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. fossils, gems, entertaining and educational exhib- A Polish Swimmer’s True 2 novel in the Meuse Trilogy, Marie Durant Chagall, WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM its, fluorescent light shows, gold panning, dealers, Story of Friendship From now 27, continues her own journey toward recovery, door prizes, raffle, silent auctions, lapidary demos Auschwitz to America DO IT planning a return to nursing with a grand scheme of and more will be part of the fun. Entry is free. opening a rural health clinic. COMMUNITY WWW.MTBAKERROCKCLUB.ORG Friday, March 23, 7pm WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM WED., MARCH 21 MON., MARCH 26 03.21.18 MEMORY’S BLADE: Spencer Ellsworth reads from THINK & DRINK: “The Long March: Measuring BELLINGHAM AT HOME: Attend an informational Spencer the third installment of his Starfire trilogy, Memory’s Black American Progress Since 1968” will be the meeting for Bellingham at Home from 1-3pm at the

Ellsworth .13 Blade, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. focus of a Think & Drink event at 7pm at Boundary Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St. Starfire 12

WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. Global Peaceful Attendees can find out about membership, services # Paths director Joy Wiggins will moderate the discus- and volunteer opportunities offered by Bellingham’s Memory’s Blade SUN., MARCH 25 sion with author Clyde Ford and Dr. Vernon Damani virtual village. Speculative Fiction! BIG OLE: Join Todd Warger, author of Big Ole: A Johnson. Entry is free; please register in advance. WWW.BELLINGHAMATHOME.ORG Saturday, March 24, 7pm Timber Mill Whistle in Bellingham, for “The Story of WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM Big Ole” from 3-4:30pm at the Everson Library, 104 WED., MARCH 28 Sun., March 25, 4pm F.I.R.E.S. Kirsch Dr. The presentation will focus on the the THURS., MARCH 22 CITY CLUB MEETING: “Your Vote Counts” will be A Guide to Financial, history of the logging industry during 1899-1942, TRIVIA THURSDAY: Teams of as many as six can the focus of a Bellingham City Club meeting from Dan Internal, Relational, including the true story of a revered mill whistle win prizes and impress their friends at “Trivia Thurs- 11:50am-1:30pm at Northwood Hall, 3240 Northwest External, Spiritual CASCADIA WEEKLY named by Scandinavian lumber mill workers. day” events hosted by Aireekah from 5:30-8pm at Ave. Washington Secretary of State, Kim Wyman, Purdy Transformation 13 (360) 966-5100 Trove Coffee, 228 N. Samish Way. Entry fee is $2. will be the guest speaker. Secretary Wyman oversees WWW.TROVECOFFEE.COM Washington State’s election process to ensure that F.I.R.E.S.: Fortune 500 veteran Daniel Purdy it is open, fair and treats voting as a right, not a VILLAGE BOOKS shares tips from F.I.R.E.S.: A Guide to Financial, FRI., MARCH 23 privilege. Entry is $5-$18. 1200 11th St, Bellingham Internal, Relational, External, Spiritual Transforma- WOMEN’S CONFERENCE DEADLINE: Today is the WWW.BELLINGHAMCITYCLUB.ORG & 430 Front St, Lynden Open Daily • villagebooks.com doit WED., MARCH 21 SAT., MARCH 24 DAFFODIL FESTIVAL: The fourth NSEA WORK PARTY: Join the

annual La Conner Daffodil Festival Nooksack Enhancement Assocation 30 continues through March 31 in and and Bellingham Parks and Rec for around La Conner and the verdant a Work Party from 9am-12pm along FOOD Skagit Valley. Willow Spring, starting at Squa- WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM licum Creek Park, 1001 Squalicum outside Way. Tools, gloves and snacks will

24 HIKING RUNNING GARDENING BEEKEEPERS MEETING: Attend be provided. a “Bee-ginners Chat” before the WWW.N-SEA.ORG Mt. Baker Beekeepers Association’s B-BOARD monthly meeting at 6pm at the NATIVE PLANT SALE: Kick off Rainier Room at the Gateway Centre, your spring gardening when the 1313 E. Maple St. At 7pm, the regular Whatcom Conservation District 23 ate greenways—the contoured projections of a community forged by hard work and meeting will begin. hosts its 25th annual Native Plant WWW.MTBAKERBEEKEEPERS.ORG Sale and Expo from 9am-2pm at FILM industry increasingly woven together by Whatcom Community College, 237 foot power and self-imposed open space. WNPS TALK: “Herbicide for Herb W. Kellogg Rd. Local nurseries,

18 Our trails are green. Our parks are Robert?” will be the focus of a vendors, and community groups will green. Our shorelines are green. And the Washington Native Plant Society also be on hand to provide even

MUSIC denominations of green we cherish hold presentation by WSU “weed scien- more plant purchasing and activi- immeasurably more value than legal ten- tist” Tim Miller from 7-9pm at RE ties. Entry is free. Store’s Sustainable Living Center, WWW.WHATCOMCD.ORG/PLANT-SALE 16 der will ever allow. 2309 Meridian St.

ART Because we choose to abide by the WWW.WNPSKOMA.ORG/MEETINGS WALK FOR WATER: The City of most redemptive shades of green the Bellingham will host the 10th THURS., MARCH 22 annual “Walk for Water” from 10am-

15 planet has to offer, the lives of everyone who lives here are rendered uncommonly BEACH CLEANUP: Celebrate 12pm starting and ending at the World Water Day by taking part in Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th

STAGE rich and rewarding, not a Beach Cleanup with Moondance St. Attendees will walk the distance merely luxurious. Sea Kayak Adventures and RE women and children across the Ours is a fortune Sources from 12-2:30pm at Locust world frequently travel to collect 14 14 rooted tangibly and Beach, 3161 Locust Ave. Follow up water for daily household use, and philosophically upon by sorting the marine debris and educational signs along the route recording data. and educational displays at the GET OUT GET OUT the intrinsic benefits of WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG Fairhaven Village Green will teach natural terrain. participants about the ways that PUB RUN: Attend a weekly Pub Run nature provides the solutions for

12 The story my Square GET IT starting at 6pm at BBay Running, our water-related challenges. HOW: The main One map told me piqued 1431 N. State St. Entry is free. WWW.COB.ORG/WALKFORWATER Bellingham my curiosity to explore WORDS WWW.BBAYRUNNING.COM Parks map can a singular stretch of our PLANTS AND BIRDS: North be purchased

8 greenways network that SOUTH FORK EXPLORATION: As Cascades Audubon Society members at Yeager’s, had heretofore man- part of a Project NeighborShare will helm a free “Native Plants and Backcountry BY TRAIL RAT series, learn more about exploring Birds” presentation from 2-4pm at Essentials, aged to elude the pat- the area’s outdoor treasures by the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St.

CURRENTS Fairhaven ter of my boots. attending “Exploring the South (360) 384-3647 Runners, Village Within an hour, I’d Fork” from 6:30-8pm at Deming’s 6 Books, and Bay folded up the map, Van Zandt Community Hall, 4106 SUN., MARCH 25 Green Gold to Baker Trading sealed it into an impro- Valley Hwy. AUDUBON ACTION: Join experts VIEWS Company for [email protected] from North Cascades Audubon NEW OFFERINGS FROM SQUARE ONE MAPS $12.95. Three vised transparent pouch Society for a monthly “Audubon at 4 accompanying (the maps are printed on CROWN JEWEL: Lauren Dan- the Museum” gathering from 1:30- enlargement WHEN A beefy, hand-folded envelope from Square One Maps waterproof paper, but ner shares the book Crown Jewel 3:30pm at the new John M. Edson MAIL maps arrived in our mailbox recently, I suspected a special treat of there’s no harm in tak- Wilderness: Creating North Cascades Hall of Birds at Whatcom Museum’s (Bellingham National Park at 7pm at Village Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Entry

2 the highest cartographical order had been bestowed upon me. ing adequate measures Parks Northside, Books, 1200 11th St. The expansive is included with admission fees. Happily, my hunch proved to be only partially correct. Bellingham to help extend their us- park celebrates its 50th anniver- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG DO IT Upon opening said correspondence, I was pleased to discover Parks Central, able lifespan, is there?) sary this year, and the book offers and Bellingham I’d underestimated both the quality and quantity of its contents and conveyed myself to the first comprehensive account of BIRD AND PLANT WALK: Join Parks Southside) by a considerable degree. the uppermost vestiges its creation. naturalist Marlee Mountain on a are currently Square One hadn’t just sent me a single map to review, they’d of West Racine Street for WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM leisurely walk along Padden Creek

03.21.18 available to identify birds and wild edible sent four of them. at www. an inspirational Sunday FITNESS FORUM: Team RunRun and medicinal plants at a “Local Initially, the unanticipated abundance of topographically rep- squareonemaps. afternoon hike into lofty .13 coaches Matt Urbanski, Mark Bird and Plant Walk” starting at

12 com for $4.95. resentative material overwhelmed me and for a few agonizing parts unknown. Cliggett, and Yvonne Naughton 2pm at the Chuckanut Center, 103 # minutes I couldn’t decide which map in the most recent edition Samish Crest Trail will talk about “How to Crush Your Chuckanut Drive N. Entry is $5-$10 of their “Bellingham Parks” series to crack open first. contours fairly genteelly among the semi- 100-Mile Race” at a Fitness Forum at (sliding scale). Since the thickest map seemed to offer the quickest, most- forested summit of a 900-foot ridge that 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 WWW.CHUCKANUTCENTER.ORG inclusive payoff, I chose that one. both parallels and helps gives rise to a 11th St. Entry is free. WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM TUES., MARCH 27 Within a few seconds of expectant unfolding, half the dining much more heavily traveled and mostly PLANTS FOR BIRDS: Join members table was draped beneath an aqua-colored, waterproof diagram- paved-over prominence known locally as FRI., MARCH 23 of the North Cascades Audubon CASCADIA WEEKLY matic of the entire city of Bellingham rendered forth at a scale Yew Street Hill. WILD THINGS: Join Holly Roger of Soceity and a rep from the COB’s just large enough to reveal all pertinent outdoor recreational It was an invigorating trip through Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” “Landscaping for Wildlife” program 14 amenities with definitive relief and geographic detail. informative terrain. Even though the Community Program from 9:30- for a “Plants for Birds” presentation 11am every Friday in March at from 7-9pm at Whatcom Museum’s At a very early age, I learned to read a map like a book. And the sun never bothered peeking through the Whatcom Falls Park. Suggested Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Sug- story Square One’s Bellingham Parks map has to tell is one each clouds, new views kept opening up that donation is $5. gested donation is $5. and every resident of our fair burg is inextricably part of. instilled an even deeper appreciation for WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Our bicycle-friendly street grid reveals it and so do our prolifer- the cherished land we inhabit. doit

STAGE adaptation of Moliere’s comedy that in performed in a “zany” commedia THURS., MARCH 22 dell’arte style. Tickets are $25 and GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The include wine and appetizers. Pro- 30 Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at ceeds will benefit children’s literacy 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront programs in Whatcom County. FOOD Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick (360) 441-7082 OR stage WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM around for “The Project.” Entry is $8 THEATER DANCE PROFILES to the early show, $5 for the late one. 24 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

MARCH 23-24 DANCE B-BOARD BOOK OF MORON: Buckle up for a WED., MARCH 21 hilarious joyride over the pot-holed SCOTTISH DANCING: Join the 23 highways of cultural hypocrisy when Bellingham Scottish Country Robert Dubac’s Off-Broadway hit, The Dancers to learn about the social FILM Book of Moron, shows at 7:30pm Fri- dancing of Scotland from 7:30- day and Saturday at Mount Vernon’s 9:30pm every Wednesday through

McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. May at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 18 The fast-paced, politically smart pro- 12th St. No partner is required. The duction touches on everything from drop-in fee is $8. MUSIC sex to race, religion, politics and the WWW.BELLINGHAMSCD.ORG media. Tickets are $50-$60.

WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG THURS., MARCH 22 16 COUNTRY DANCING: Attend ART ADVENTURES AND BRAWLS: English Country Dancing classes Through March, audience members from 1:30-3pm Thursdays at the 15 can help decide what happens next Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 15 at improvised showings of “Choose 315 Halleck St. STAGE Your Own Adventure” at 8pm Fridays (360) 384-2674 STAGE and Saturdays at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, FOLK DANCE: The Balkan Folk stick around for “Backyard Brawl,” Dancers meet from 7-9:30pm Thurs- 14 which pits two teams of improvisers days at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 against on another in a “short form 12th St. Dances are taught, and improv slugfest.” Tickets are $10 in mentoring is available. Suggested GET OUT CABARET advance, $12 at the door. donation is $5. WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM (360) 380-0456 12 SAT., MARCH 24 SAT., MARCH 24 Set in Berlin in 1931 BY AMY KEPFERLE HAMLET: See Benedict Cumber- CONTRA DANCE: Heliotrope will WORDS as Adolf Hitler and the batch take on the titular role when provide live music at the Belling- Nazis are gaining power, the 2015 NT Live broadcast of ham Country Dance Society’s Contra 8 the musical revolves Hamlet returns to the big screen at Dance happening from 7-10:30pm around the seedy night- a showing at 1pm at Mount Vernon’s at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th Song and Dance Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. St. Suggested donation is $6 for club’s English emcee—a Tickets to Shakespeare’s epic trag- students, $8-$10 general. CURRENTS FROM BROADWAY TO BELLINGHAM lovely cabaret performer edy are $14-$18. WWW.BELLINGHAM 6 named Sally Bowles— WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG COUNTRYDANCE.ORG THANKS TO the miracle of flight, it’s possible to leave the ATTEND and her troubled rela- Pacific Northwest in the morning and be across the country and WHAT: A Chorus tionship with a young SUN., MARCH 25 BALLROOM DANCE: All ages and VIEWS Line TAKE ME TO CHURCH: The iconic levels of experience are welcome at on the streets of New York City by the end of the day. In fact, American writer named 4 WHEN: 7pm Betty Desire and the Panty Hoes a Ballroom Dance from 7:30-9:30pm you could be watching a Broadway show by nightfall. Cliff Bradshaw. Thurs., March present a weekly “Take Me to at the Bellingham Senior Activity MAIL Another option is to reduce your carbon footprint and save 29 While the venue is Church” drag production starting Center, 315 Halleck St. Show up at many hundreds of dollars by procuring tickets to two big- COST: $50-$80 meant to be a place for at 8pm at Rumors Cabaret, 1119 7pm for a tango lesson, and then 2 name shows making their way to the Mount Baker Theatre in ------the citizens of the city Railroad Ave. Entry is by donation; dance the night away to music for WHAT: Cabaret funds raised benefit community Latin dances like tango, rumba, the near future. As part of the MBT’s current season, they’re to leave their troubles DO IT WHEN: Sun., charities such as Northwest Youth cha-cha and salsa, traditional fox bringing Broadway to your doorstep, and you won’t even have behind, the decadent April 8 Services, Safe for Free, and more. trot and waltz, and East and West to cross into a different time zone to see (and hear) what all COST: $50-$80 celebrations happening WWW.RUMORSCABARET.COM Coast swing. Entry is $5. the fuss is about. WHERE: on the regular at the Kit WWW.WCCOA.ORG First on the roster is a Thurs., March 29 showing of A Chorus Mount Baker Kat Club can’t keep re- TUES., MARCH 27 03.21.18 COMEDY OPEN MIC: The weekly MON., MARCH 26 Line—also known as the sixth-longest-running Broadway show Theatre, 104 N. ality away forever. But Commercial St. Shakedown Punch Up Comedy Open CUBAN SALSA: Rumba Northwest .13

of all time. To make things even more meta, the action itself even with the threat 12 INFO: Mic begins at 7:30pm at the Shake- hosts a “Cuban Salsa for Beginners” # is set in one of the many professional theaters located in the www.mount of World War II on the down, 1212 N. State St. Entry is class at 6pm at Bell Tower Studios, famous performing arts district in midtown Manhattan. There, bakertheatre. horizon, songs such as free. If you’d like to take your turn 1430 N. Garden St. At 7pm, a “Cuban 17 Broadway hopefuls are auditioning for spots on a chorus line. com “Cabaret,” “Maybe This onstage, show up at 7pm to sign up Salsa Advanced” class takes place. for a five-minute set. Entry to the classes is $8 for regular Via songs such as “I Can Do That,” “At the Ballet,” “What I Did for Time” and “Willkom- WWW.SHAKEDOWNBELLINGHAM.COM students, $12 for drop-ins. Love,” “Dance: Ten; Looks: Three,” and many more, ticket-holders men” point to carefree ignorance of the WWW.RUMBANORTHWEST.COM get behind-the-scenes peeks at what drives these wannabe stars to big-time threat just around the corner. THURS., MARCH 29 succeed—not to mention what scares them, what turns them on, Plot twists abound, and if you haven’t SCAPINO FUNDRAISER: The Bell- TUES., MARCH 27 CASCADIA WEEKLY the details of their childhoods, and how they’ll handle it and move brushed up on the particulars of the ingham Kiwanis will host a Theatre SKAGIT FOLK DANCERS: Join the Night & Silent Auction starting Skagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers for a 15 forward with their lives if they don’t make the cut. Broadway hit in a while, don’t bother with a social hour at 6pm at the weekly International Folk Dancing Like the audience in A Chorus Line, those seated in the Mount searching the internet for hints. Instead, Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H event from 7-9:30pm at Bayview Baker Theatre on Sun., April 8 for a one-night-only showing of leave your troubles behind and settle in St. At 7:30pm, view a preview show- Civic Hall, 12615 C St. Cabaret will also be part of the story when the lights come up and for some superb song-and-dance story- ing of Scapino, Dunlop and Dale’s WWW.SKAGITFOLKDANCERS.ORG they discover they’re inside the infamous Kit Kat Klub. telling—no jet travel required. doit UPCOMING EVENTS

FRI., MARCH 23 FOURTH FRIDAY ART WALK: Attend the 30 monthly Fourth Friday Art Walk from 5-8:30pm

FOOD throughout historic Fairhaven. Among those taking part in the free event are Mambo Italiano, Current and Furbish, Scandi Butik,

24 visual Whatcom Art Market, Fairhaven Realty, Vil- GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES lage Books, A Lot of Flowers, Stones Throw Brewery, Artwood, Morgan Block Studios,

B-BOARD Good Earth Pottery, and more. Art, appetizers, drinks and live entertainment will be part of the festivities.

23 life. Luckily, she had her best friend, WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM Paddy, to help keep her occupied.

FILM “We were free to do anything we SAT., MARCH 24 wanted to do, go anywhere we wanted to SPRING SHOW: Attend an opening gala reception for the annual “Spring Show” from 18 go and get there any way we could get 2-5pm at Mount Vernon’s River Gallery, 19313 there,” Harding says. “We were curious, Landing Rd. (off Dodge Valley Rd.). The group

MUSIC risky and wild. Our years spent on Lummi exhibit features works by 40 local and re- Island were filled with angst, reef net gional artists—including painters, sculptors, jewelers and glassworkers—and can be viewed 16 16 fishermen, boys, driving cars, rock ’n’ from 10am-5pm Wednesdays through Sundays ART ART roll and homemade raspberry wine. I can through April 29. still touch that time that would shape WWW.RIVERGALLERYWA.COM

15 our personalities, build our character and solidify a friendship.” ORDINARY MEN: Attend a “Conversation with Alan Friedlob” from 3-4:30pm at the Deming

STAGE Even without a working knowledge Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Attendees can of the iconic landmarks and views that also view his “Ordinary Men” photography helped shape Harding’s youth, I’m still exhibit, and take part in a discussion about 14 certain I’d be drawn to the indelible im- what the future of independent logging in our ages she created for this exhibit. They’re community looks like as the demand for timber

GET OUT vibrant and lush and mesmerizing, and products accelerates and the workforce ages. (360) 592-2422 the fact that she has stories to go along

12 with them is a boon to viewers. SUN., MARCH 25 For example, the paintings “Whatcom FILM & ART: Attend “An Afternoon of Film & Chief” and “Ferry Fairy” point to living Art with Jack Gunter” at 2pm at La Conner’s WORDS on the schedule of a boat, and also being Maple Hall, 104 Commercial. Attendees can watch the documentary The Quest for the

8 at the mercy of Mother Lost Paintings of Siberia, stick around for a Nature. “Story House” Q&A, view Gunter’s art and bid on an original draws attention to a painting that the artist is creating to support the new La Conner Library project. Suggested CURRENTS supposedly haunted house on the west side donation is $5 at the door; proceeds support

6 the town’s art events. of the island, where WWW.LACONNERLIBRARYFOUNDATION.ORG she and Paddy would VIEWS sneak in to spend the WED., MARCH 28

4 night and scare them- CALL FOR ART: Drop off artwork for the SEE revived “Ship of Fools” exhibit from 10am-1pm “DEEP WATER BAY” “DEEP WATER WHAT: selves silly. “Deep Wa-

MAIL and 3-6pm at Cooper Lanza Gallery and School “Separated from ter Bay” tells of an epic of Fine Art, 1415 13th St. The show welcomes

Normal”

2 overnighter in 1969 on regional contributions with the theme of WHERE: Inati Bay on the week- political art, satire and social commentary. BY AMY KEPFERLE PeaceHealth St.

DO IT An opening reception for the exhibit will take Joseph, 2901 end before high school place from 4-7pm Sun., April 1. Squalicum Pkwy graduation, and “Into WWW.COOPERLANZAGALLERY.COM WHEN: Through the Wild” speaks not Island Insights May 12 only of the breathtak-

03.21.18 INFO: www.studio ing natural world in- SEPARATED FROM NORMAL -ufo.net ONGOING EXHIBITS stantly accessible on .13 ALLIED ARTS: As part of Whatcom READS, 12 AFTER VIEWING many of the paintings in “Separated From Normal,” I’m now con- the island, but also of the freedom of

# view “Resistance!” from through March 31 vinced Trish Harding is is my artistic spirit animal. answering only to yourself. at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The exhibit That’s because the exhibit currently on display at Peace Health St. Joseph Medical “When I was on Lummi Island there features art submitted for an art challenge Center as part of the “Healing Through Art” series documents Harding’s teenage years was a sense of into the wild each and ev- alongside works by photographer Tore Ofte- spent living with her family on Lummi Island—which also happens to be the locale where ery day,” Harding says. “Experiencing the ness and painter Frank Frazee. I received my first kiss, attempted to smoke driftwood (don’t ask), almost drowned when musty smell of the forest floor, the taste WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG

my sister pulled the plug out of the rowboat, rode bikes in the moonlight, and generally of salt spray, primal seagull calls, and the ARTWOOD: Gary Giovane’s art will be CASCADIA WEEKLY learned more about living without the typical rules that govern modern society. savage dampness of the dark. There was featured through March at Artwood Gallery, “In the decade of the 1960s we were the feral teenagers of a San Juan Island known an exhilarating thrill of mystery in the 1000 Harris Ave. Using both woodworking and 16 as Lummi,” Harding wrote in a recent press release about the “painted novel of coming depths of the water and the exhilarating painting techniques, Giovane’s striking com- of age” on the land mass located approximately 20 minutes west of Bellingham. chill of the spooky forest. On the beaches positions, painted on cedar with wood frames, derive inspiration from Japanese, Celtic and Her dad was an Irish Catholic from Boston who worked as an accountant, and her and in the coves of Lummi Island, I felt Northwest Coast styles. mom, Annamae, was a beloved employee at the small grocery store on Gooseberry untouched by convention and marched to WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM Point. Harding had plenty of time on her hands, as her parents had an active social rules of my own making.” doit

BELLEWOOD ACRES: Works by Cody Vanderwerff can be viewed Wednesdays through Sundays at

BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. A reception Exhibiting artist takes place from 12:30-3pm Sun., April 1.

Katie Creyts discusses her 30 WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM exhibit “Wilderland” at a

free Artist Talk Sat., March FOOD BRAZEN: Works by Kathryn Hackney are currently 24 at La Conner’s Museum of on display at Brazen Shop + Studio, 1319 Cornwall Northwest Art Ave, suite 104 (enter from the alley). The new 24 shop features a thoughtfully curated selection of locally handmade goods, jewelry, art and natural

skincare products. B-BOARD [email protected]

COOPER LANZA GALLERY: Group classes, private 23 lessons, life drawing, long-pose sessions, exhibits

and more happen on a regular basis at Cooper Lanza FILM Gallery and School of Fine Art, 1415 13th St. WWW.COOPERLANZAGALLERY.COM 18

DEMING LIBRARY: “Ordinary Men,” a photography

exhibit by Alan Friedlob, shows through April 21 at MUSIC the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. The collection docents “any day” in the life of the indepen- 16 16 dent loggers who make their living in the Pacific ART Northwest’s forests. ART 360) 592-2422 15 FISHBOY GALLERY: Peruse the contemporary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by appoint- ment at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. LUMMI GALLERY: Peruse seasonal exhibits at the lery, 228 E. Maple St. STAGE 319-2913 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM Lummi Island Gallery at the Village Point Marina, WWW.RUCKUSARTGALLERY.COM 4232 Legoe Bay Rd. 14 FOURTH CORNER: “Hot Off the Press” can be WWW.LUMMIISLANDGALLERY.COM SCOTT MILO: “Watercolors and Acrylics” by reviewed through March at Fourth Corner Frames & nowned watercolorist Eric Wiegardt will be featured Gallery, 311 W. Holly St The exhibit features aqua- MAKE.SHIFT: Get a sneak preview of the Belling- through March in Anacortes at the Scott Milo GET OUT tint etchings by world-renowned Bellingham artist ham Comic Arts Festival at a “BellCAF Group Art Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. Also showing will be Stephen McMillan. Show” exhibit showing through March 31 at Make. landscape oils by Karen Bakke, acrylics by Dianna

WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. Shyne, impressionistic pastels by Jan Wall and 12 WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM vibrantly colored acrylics by Jim Walsh. GALLERY PEGASUS: The group exhibition WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM “Elemental: Metal, Glass and Wood” can be viewed MINDPORT: New photographs by Kevin G. Jones WORDS through April inside Bay Street Village at Gallery will be displayed through March at Mindport Exhib- SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Old-Time Tools and New-Fan-

Pegasus, 301 W. Holly St. Works created for the “Art its, 210 W. Holly St. gled Furniture” shows through May 13 at La Conner’s 8 of Hope” exhibit will be on auction through March WWW.MINDPORT.ORG Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. The 27; funds raised go to Dorothy Place. exhibit features the work of Skagit furniture-maker WWW.GALLERYPEGASUS.COM MONA: “Holly Andres: The Homecoming,” “Katie Stuart Welch as well as woodworking tools from the CURRENTS Creyts: Wilderland,” “For the Masses: Prints and museum’s historic collection. “Greetings!” can be

GOOD EARTH: Jeremy Noet’s “Growing” can be Printmaking from the Permanent Collection,” and viewed through April 22. 6 viewed through March at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 “Through Their Eyes: A Northwest Youth Services WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM Harris Ave. Attend a reception with the versatile pot- Photography Project” are on display through March VIEWS ter on Fri., March 23 during the Fourth Friday Art Walk. 25 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 SOCIAL FABRIC: Sign up for a variety of sewing WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM First St. and art workshops through February at Social 4 WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG Fabric, 1302 Commercial St.

HONEY: Ciara Sana’s “Paper Dreams” will be on WWW.SOCIALFABRICART.COM MAIL display through May at Honey Salon and Gallery, 310 PERRY AND CARLSON: Iskra Johnson’s “Industrial

W. Holly St. The exhibit features a multi-medium Pastorale” will be exhibited through March at Mount SMITH & VALLEE:”Abstractions in the Skagit” 2 collection of powerful portraits of women adorned Vernon’s Perry and Carlson Gallery, 508 S. First St. shows through April 1 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee in origami paper accents. The prints merge recent landscape photography Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. The group exhibit features DO IT WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM from the Skagit Valley with urban surfaces to create abstract works by area artists. visual narratives of rural archetype, contemplation WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM I.E. GALLERY: Fresh” shows through March at and place. Edison’s i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court. The group WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by more than 45 exhibit of gallery artists is based on the ever- Whatcom Art Guild members can be perused and 03.21.18 changing continuum that happens as part of the QUILT MUSEUM: “Raising the Surface,” and “Tat- purchased from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sun. at the What- daily studio practice. ting Artistry,” and “Photographs and Memories” can com Art Market, 1103 11th St. .13 12

WWW.IEEDISON.COM currently be viewed at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG # Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner at 703 S. Second St. INN AT LYNDEN: View paintings by Evan White- New exhibits open Wed., March 28. WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Jeweled Objects of Desire: head through April 30 at the Inn at Lynden, 100 5th WWW.QFAMUSEUM.ORG From Ordinary to Extraordinary,” “Rooted, Revived, St. Mt. Baker features prominently in the works by Reinvented: Basketry in America,” “Gathered the Whatcom County native. Sales can be conducted RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related workshops Together: A Show of Work Celebrating Members of through the Jansen Art Center. happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 N. For- the Northwest Basket Weavers Guild,” “Hidden in (360) 746-8597 OR WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG est St. See more details and register online. the Bundle: A Look Inside the Whatcom Museum’s WWW.RAGFINERY.COM Basketry Collection,” “People of the Sea and Cedar: CASCADIA WEEKLY JANSEN ART CENTER: A “Spring Juried Exhibit,” A Journey Through the Tribal Cultures and History “American Folk Heroes; Leotie Richards,” and Nick RUCKUS: On Tuesdays and Sundays, view a of the Northwest Coast,” “Back at the Park: Vintage 17 Payne’s “Nature’s Tender Majesty—Color and Form” carefully curated collection of art, furniture and Views from the Photo Archives,” and “John M. Edson Advertising supports the will be on display through June 1 at Lynden’s Jan- functional pieces that fuse the rugged and weath- Hall of Birds” can currently be viewed on the What- sen Art Center, 321 Front St. ered authenticity of the West with a distinctive com Museum campus. Cascadia Weekly newspaper & WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG contemporary take on design at Ruckus Art Gal- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG creates valued content. rumor has it

30 A FEW WEEKS ago, I chided Aaron Roeder, who had been building what I was hoping would FOOD be the tiki bar of my dreams just this side of forever, asking him when he was going to unlock the doors and serve me the umbrella 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT drinks my soul needs in order to survive. I’m happy to say that he obliged me by open- B-BOARD ing his bar, Red Rum, last Wednesday in the former Chiribin’s/Calumet/Stone Pot/1,000

23 Pennies space on Magnolia Street. As for whether it lives up to my sky-high

FILM tiki-bar expectations, the answer is an em- phatic and enthusiastic hell yes. It’s dark, it

18 18 looks like an incredibly elaborate long-lost set from Elvis’ Blue Hawaii, the drinks are MUSIC MUSIC blended and tropical and strong, and the food is

16 excellent as well. Even

ART though I know it is not the case, I like to imagine

15 that Roeder scavenged the amazing Beetlejuice-

STAGE goes-Hawaiian decor from the various nooks and BY CAREY ROSS crannies of his house, 14 which only enhances my overall experience. I’ve already been there twice and am current-

GET OUT ly scheming up a way to move in permanently. Both times I visited, I ran into Mona Hart

12 and Frank Breech, the ever-so-dynamic lounge duo known as Fruit Cocktail. They performed for the bar’s grand opening, and their mix of WORDS short-and-snappy songs we’d all forgotten

8 we loved, the miniature drum kit they never played, the “fuckin’ magic” tricks and their slightly off-kilter charisma were a match made

CURRENTS in some sort of hallucinogenic heaven with the room. They returned to the Red Rum stage a GEORGE CLINTON 6 couple of nights later where I hear they’ll be performing regularly. I look forward to all of it. VIEWS Every time former Nirvana and Earth cellist

4 BY CAREY ROSS As expected, even with a higher-than-usual Lori Goldston comes to Bellingham, she’s got ticket price, the show sold out in the blink of something interesting up her accomplished MAIL an eye. So, if you’re just finding out about it sleeve. She’ll play a Sat., March 24 show at her

2 now, my sincere apologies, but it would seem preferred venue, the Bellingham Alternative What The Funk that you are funked. (Yes, I hate myself for Library, and she’s bringing some equally ac-

DO IT OF MUSIC AND MAGIC that terrible joke.) complished musical contemporaries with her. He may be the biggest thing to happen to The night has been dubbed “Musique Re- I’VE KNOWN Wild Buffalo owner Craig Jewell long enough to under- the Buffalo since, well, ever, but he’s not the construite: Radical Women of Electroacoustic stand that those who underestimate him, do so at their peril. He seems only thing happening there during the coming Music,” and will feature Goldston, as well as 03.21.18 a lot like a really easygoing guy who likes to have the best time possible days. In fact, there’s a lot of music to be had experimental guitarist Julia Reidy (who hails under any and all circumstances—and he definitely is that—but he’s also before we become one nation under a groove. from Australia), cellist Judith Hamann (also .13

12 capable of engineering miraculous acts, and they seem to happen on a fairly They’re three singing sisters named after the Australian), and innovative contemporary # regular basis. town in eastern Oregon where their grandfa- percussionist Melanie Sehman, who you may Even so, talking George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic into playing ther lived. They’re Joseph, and needless to say, recognize from the Bellingham Chamber Mu- a Sun., March 25 show at the Wild Buffalo was some kind of crazy magic, they’re not your standard-issue singer/song- sic Society, Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, or even for Jewell. writers. At first, only one of the trio had de- the Pacific Northwest Opera. Usually when I ask him how he pulls off such feats, Jewell just shrugs and signs on a career in music, but when someone Bellingham has a known love for experimen- says he “emailed them a bunch of times.” suggested that her heart wasn’t fully in it, she tal music, and the Alternative Library is often

CASCADIA WEEKLY Those must be some messages. Forget Hillary Clinton. I want to know realized she wanted to make her music a family the place bands and audiences go to scratch what’s in Craig Jewell’s emails. affair. After some initial reluctance, the sib- that very particular itch. What is not as com- 18 Whatever he promised and whomever he promised it to, George Clinton, lings ironed out their sound, and now all three mon, however, is to see an entire lineup that funk pioneer, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and one of the most influential share not only harmonies, but also songwriting features the work of women who are experi- musicians alive, will appear onstage at the Wild Buffalo and my brain duties. They’ll play an early show, at 7pm Wed., mental musicians. Thanks to the Alternative Li- is still vacillating between not quite being able to believe it and really March 21 at the Buffalo. brary for hosting this event. More information wanting to know what’s in the band’s rider. If you’re looking to get a case of musi- can be found at www.altlib.org. all fit in the saddlebags for 14 years, FUNK, FROM PAGE 18 but the Metalachi origin story requires ample suspension of disbelief). They’re cal whiplash, attend the Joseph show weirdly entertaining, they shred and

Wednesday and then come back the next tickets are still available. 30 night, on Thurs., Not long ago, surf rocker Donavon

March 22, for Meta- Frankenreiter played the Wild Buffalo. FOOD lachi. They are the Now it’s frequent collaborator and new- self-proclaimed ish bandmate G. Love’s turn to pay the 24 “world’s first and venue a visit, on Fri., March 23, and he’s only heavy metal bringing Special Sauce with him. I realize

mariachi band” that “Cold Beverage” is the Philadelphia B-BOARD and even if I didn’t hip-hop artist’s most well-known musi-

have a dual affin- cal calling card (because who doesn’t 23 ATTEND ity for metal and like cold beverages?)—it’s the song that WHO: George Clinton and Parliament mariachi, I would earned him gold record status—but let’s FILM Funkadelic be won over by the not forget about the tender ditty “Baby WHEN: Sun., March 25 deep and ridiculous Got Sauce.” I’m still unsure just what 18 Law Offices of 18 COST: Sold out lore surrounding “Miss I’m your mister, my sister’s your sis------MUSIC the “five bastard ter” means, but as long as G. Love knows, MUSIC WHO: Joseph Alexander F. Ransom WHEN: Wed., March 21 children” that were that’s good enough for me. As with the

COST: $20 the result of their other shows that are not George Clinton 16 ------mother spending and Parliament Funkadelic, tickets can ART WHO: Metalachi an “innocent night still be had, and if you’re willing to shell WHEN: Thurs., of snorting horse out a little extra, you can gain entry to Experienced, March 22 Offices in 15 COST: $15 tranquilizers in a a special preshow performance and Q&A Effective & Skagit &

------hotel room with with G. Love, plus other perks. I encour- STAGE WHO: G. Love and seven members of age you to go and ask him about that Whatcom Special Sauce the village jai alai whole mister/sister thing. Compassionate WHEN: Fri., March 23 14 team.” The story Unless I hallucinated it, or it’s all an COST: $27.50-$99 Criminal Defense WHERE: Wild Buffalo, goes on to detail a elaborate hoax, just a short 48 hours af-

208 W. Holly St. 14-year trip from ter G. Love departs, George Clinton and GET OUT INFO: www.wild Veracruz, Mexico Parliament Funkadelic will arrive in Bell- www.ransom-lawfirm.com · (360) 746-2642 buffalo.net to the U.S. border ingham. From here on out, if anyone ever 12 made by a burro with the five babies asks you where the magic happens, just in saddlebags (I don’t know how they point them toward the Wild Buffalo. WORDS 8 doit FREEDOM AT NEW HEIGHTS

WED., MARCH 21 SAT., MARCH 24 CURRENTS MVHS SPRING CONCERTS: Mount Vernon High SHANTALA: A community Kirtan with Shantala

School musicians will perform at Spring Concerts (Benjy and Heather Wertheimer) and Bibi McGill, 6 at 4pm and 7pm at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Steve Gorn, and Sean Frenette takes place from Way. Under the direction of Jesus Gomez, Treble 7-9pm at Presence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. CANNABIS RETAILER VIEWS Choir, Concert Choir, Men’s Choir, and Synergy will Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.

present a varied program of choral works. Admis- WWW.AYURVEDICHEALTHCENTER.COM/EVENTS 4 sion is pay what you wish.

WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG SUN., MARCH 25 MAIL WHATCOM SYMPHONY: Pianist Philip Fisher

JONATHAN DOYLE QUARTET: Port Townsend- will be the featured soloist at a Whatcom 2 based multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Doyle will Symphony Orchestra “Scheherazade & Shosta- NOW OPEN

be joined by drummer Julian MacDonough, bassist kovich” concert beginning at 3pm at the Mount DO IT Michael Glynn, and pianist John Hansen for a Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center concert at 7pm are $15-$49. A pre-concert lecture by Dr. Ryan VISIT EVERYDAY 8AM-10PM at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. Dudenbostel will take place before the concert Tickets are $5-$10. at 2:15pm (please note new time). Admission is BELLINGHAM’S NEWEST CANNABIS DISPENSARY 03.21.18 WWW.WJMAC.ORG free, but seating is limited. 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM THURS., MARCH 22 .13 We proudly offer recreational 12

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30 tones of David, the stalker who obses- sively monitored Sawyer Valentini (Foy), FOOD a brusque, high-flying data analyst, for film an extended period of time, ultimately MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS driving her from her Boston home and 24 nearly out of her mind. She’s introduced in the process of rebuilding her life B-BOARD over in Pennsylvania, still guarded and

scarred by trauma. Away from the office, 23 23 where she’s out to make few friends, her social routine doesn’t extend past calls FILM FILM to her fretful mom (Amy Irving) and no- strings Tinder hookups—though those

18 can still trigger paralyzing flashes of David’s presence.

MUSIC Seeking peace of mind, she enrolls for therapy sessions at the Highland Creek

16 Behavioral Center, though after a prom-

ART isingly sympathetic consultation, she swiftly finds she’s been duped into com-

15 mitting herself. Summarily bundled into a bleak psychiatric ward with terrifying,

STAGE tampon-throwing lunatic livewire Violet (who else but Juno Temple?) and the more rational, collaborative Nate (a won- 14 derful Jay Pharoah) as her bed neighbors, she exasperatedly finds herself unable to

GET OUT speak up for her sanity without sounding as deranged as any of them.

12 Sawyer, then, already smells gas before she makes the discovery that Da- vid, in the guise of mild-mannered WORDS nurse George (Joshua Leonard), is em-

8 ployed as a nurse on her ward, serving her medication with a soothing smile. Or is he? Have her delusional flashes

CURRENTS been set into overdrive? And who would believe her either way? That’s as much 6 as can be disclosed from the nasty, well-knotted script, before proceed- VIEWS ings tumble into a writhing snake pit

4 of melodramatic reversals and vintage B-movie jolts—some chilly, some silly, MAIL but all held together with defiant, dug-

2 REVIEWED BY GUY LODGE iridescent visual poetry of Sean Baker’s in credibility by Foy. Tangerine—the first major title handed Raising her big-screen stock consider-

DO IT the “iPhone movie” label. As wielded ably, the British actress doesn’t softly by Soderbergh (or his cinematographer edge around the ways in which Sawyer Unsane alias Peter Andrews, if we must be formal herself can be a jagged little pill, while about it), the device foreshortens space the script serves ample evidence of how

03.21.18 STAY OUT OF THE GASLIGHT and tightens perspective in ways that personal and professional relations with WITH THE word “gaslighting” getting thrown around a lot in our current age of feel aptly constrictive in a story hinging men have made her armor up over the .13

12 fake-news awareness, to the point where some use it simply as a heated synonym for on one woman’s paranoia. If the limita- years; even Foy’s candid expressions of # “lying,” along comes Unsane to remind us of its more elaborately melodramatic origins. tions of the technology reveal themselves terror come with a terse, practical edge. It’s tempting to call Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone-shot psychothriller a “Gaslight” riff when the film reaches for bigger, movie- It’s a sharp, sandpapery characteriza- uncannily timed to the #MeToo movement, though that risks giving undue gravitas to movie set pieces in its third act, Unsane tion in a film that otherwise doesn’t go what was plainly, and effectively, conceived as a quick-and-dirty genre romp, scripted, nonetheless represents an intriguing in for overly complex analysis, particu- shot and cut with itchy, unpretty zeal—and performed with image-altering gusto by fusion of two Soderberghs: the curious larly in a finale geared primarily toward Claire Foy, as a strung-out businesswoman involuntarily committed to a suspect mental indie experimentalist behind Bubble and placing panicked hearts in mouths, and

CASCADIA WEEKLY institution where the male architect of her fear may or may not be roaming the halls. the lithe, witty studio craftsman who generally letting the head slide a bit. It’d We’re in schlock corridor here and Soderbergh runs with it, cellphone in hand; under the emerged from premature retirement last be as much of a stretch as some of its 22 buzzing suspense mechanics, however, a cautionary note on the perils of disbelieving year with Logan Lucky, both battling for loonier plot contrivances to call Unsane a women is just audible. dominance throughout. feminist film, but it’s knowing trash with Alongside its more disposable virtues, Unsane serves as an interesting case study for The director’s more avant-garde sen- some abrasive social texture—some of it the ever-expanding possibilities of smartphones in cinema, not least because its grimy sibility rules at the start, as Unsane written in, some of it lent by the world aesthetic and breath-on-your-face atmosphere couldn’t be further removed from the opens with a disquieting male voiceover into which it’s being released. film ›› showing this week

The Shape of Water: If you’d told me that this 30 BY CAREY ROSS year’s Best Picture winner would be a love story

between a mute woman and a merman, I might not FOOD have believed you. If you’d followed that up by telling FILM SHORTS me it was gorgeous and poignant and directed by

Guillermo del Toro (who also won for Best Director), 24 it would start to make perfect sense. HHHHH (R • 2 7 Days in Entebbe: The reason you probably have hrs. 3 min.) never heard of this dramatization of the 1976 hijack- B-BOARD ing of an Air France flight, despite the fact that it Sherlock Gnomes: The initial chapter of this ani-

stars Rosamund Pike and Daniel Bruhl, is that it is so mated series featuring garden gnomes gone wild was 23 bad that nearly every critic who has seen it, has sav- Gnomeo and Juliet. What’s next? A Christmas movie 23 aged it. H (PG-13 • 1 hr. 46 min.) called Gnome for the Holidays? Sweet Gnome Alabama? FILM A Prairie Gnome Companion? Gnomeward Bound? Gnome FILM A Fantastic Woman: If you were wondering who is Where the Heart Is? The possibilities are endless. Daniela Vega was when she presented at the Academy HHH (PG • 1 hr. 26 min.) Awards, she stars here, in a marvelous breakout 18 performance as a woman who fights to be seen for The Strangers: Prey at Night: A family stops at

what she is: a fantastic woman. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. a secluded mobile home park in the dark of night MUSIC 44 min.) to stay with relatives. Despite the fact that it is a

deserted trailer park in the middle of nowhere, they 16 A Wrinkle in Time: Even Oprah can’t save this elect to stay. They deserve whatever is coming to movie. I know, I’m surprised too. Take your kids them. H (R • 1 hr. 25 min.) ART anyway. HH (PG • 1 hr. 49 min.)

Tomb Raider: Finally, a female-fronted action- 15 Annihilation: Fresh off Ex Machina and with major adventure movie that doesn’t trade on the main studio backing, Alex Garland is back, this time with character’s sexuality and instead focuses on her other STAGE a sci-fi thriller about a mysterious and malevolent attributes. Just kidding. Sorry if I got your hopes “Area X” and those who explore it, including Natalie up. Alicia Vikander, capable of more, picks up where

Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and my movie-star Angelina Jolie left off. I’m sure you can fill in the 14

boyfriend, Oscar Isaac. HHHH (2 hrs. • R) SHERLOCK GNOMES rest. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 58 min.)

Black Panther: This movie blew by $1 billion Unsane: See review previous page. HHHH (R • 1 hr. GET OUT in worldwide box office. Between this and Wonder gifts of Bateman and McAdams, it works. HHHH (R • Lucille Ball (it doesn’t), but I think the thoroughly 37 min.) Woman (the other top-grossing superhero origin story 1 hr. 33 min.) engaging, blond-wig-wearing woman (a marvelous of all time), looks like that age-old Hollywood belief Shinobu Terajima) at the center of the story does her The Young Karl Marx: From Raoul Peck, the director 12 that it takes a white male to anchor a successful The Hurricane Heist: I guess in some circles, the fiery namesake proud as she journeys from Japan to responsible for last year’s Oscar-nominated documen- big-budget blockbuster franchise is like so many other phrase “From the director of The Fast and the Furi- Los Angeles in search of the man she loves. HHHHH tary I Am Not Your Negro, turns his sights to narrative WORDS age-old beliefs: untrue and outdated. Get with the ous” (those movies had directors? Why?) is a selling (Unrated • 1 hr. 36 min.) filmmaking, specifically about Karl Marx, Friedrich times, Tinseltown. Representation = $$$. HHHHH point, but I don’t run in those circles. H (PG-13 • 1 Engels, and the makings of the political theory that (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 14 min.) hr. 43 min.) Pacific Rim Uprising: The first installment of this was (and still is) like a shot heard ‘round the world. 8 now-franchise had two things going for it: 1. It was HHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 58 min.) Death Wish: The father of torture porn, Eli Roth, re- I Can Only Imagine: I can only imagine how this written by Guillermo del Toro. 2. It was directed by

imagines the 1974 NYC mean streets classic, this time true-life story behind the Christian megahit “I Can Guillermo del Toro. The second chapter has neither CURRENTS with Bruce Willis dealing out vigilante justice instead Only Imagine” was green-lit. I can only imagine how of those. Use at your own risk. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr.

of Charles Bronson. I could say something about how Trace Adkins, of all people, came to be cast in this 51 min.) 6 the world might not need a movie that glorifies gun thing. Actually, I can’t imagine any of that. But your HHH violence and taking matters into one’s own hands imagination might be better than mine. (PG-13 Paul, Apostle of Christ: Easter is almost here, and VIEWS right now, but I’m pretty sure we stopped taking Wil- • 1 hr. 50 min.) with it comes movies about all things Biblical. Spoiler

lis too seriously right around the third time he died alert: The Easter bunny does not make an appearance, 4 hard. H (R • 1 hr. 47 min.) Love, Simon: A tender coming-of-age coming-out so I’m a little skeptical about this story being based

story that puts a gay (albeit closeted at the beginning on actual events. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 48 min.) MAIL Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey: After a of the film) teenager at the center of the story rather

trio of sold-out shows during 2017’s Doctober, this than relegating him to wisecracking sidekick. HH✍ Peter Rabbit: A rabbit reboot in which Peter is hip 2 documentary about the extraordinary and fascinating HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 49 min.) now, if hip and being voiced by James Corden are

life of climbing pioneer Fred Beckey returns to the things that can coexist. I’m confused. Critics are DO IT Pickford for the robust roster of showings it deserves. Midnight Sun: Bella Thorne plays an impossibly confused. Leave Peter alone, Hollywood. HH (PG • 1 Showtimes HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 36 min.) beautiful teenager with a deadly allergy to sunlight hr. 33 min.) who just needs the love of a cute boy to venture Regal and AMC theaters, please see Game Night: A weekly couples game night goes awry outside and put her life in danger. Oh, the romance. Red Sparrow: This is a movie that repeatedly uses www.fandango.com. 03.21.18 when a murder mystery gets a little too real, and HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 31 min.) sexual assault as a plot device intended to “toughen Pickford Film Center and Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, and others must up” main character Jennifer Lawrence. Possibly related: play sleuth to rescue a kidnapped Kyle Chandler. A Oh Lucy: I will confess that when I first learned This movie was made by a man. I’d like to meet him. I PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see .13 12

comedy that should be terrible, but because of the of this film, I thought it had something to do with have some things to say. H (R • 2 hrs. 19 min.) www.pickfordfilmcenter.com #

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ART (1 hr.) - $40 $29.99 March 21 at St. Luke’s Health Education Center, 3333 CHAIR TAI CHI: “Chair Tai Chi” takes place at 3pm · Full Body Therapy Squalicum Pkwy. The event encourages adults over 18 to Thursdays in March at the SkillShare Space at the discuss their healthcare preferences with family, friends Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Chair Tai 15 (also available) and physicians before accident or illness happens. Entry Chi uses all of the concepts and flowing choreographed is free. movements of standing Tai Chi except it is performed in STAGE (360) 201-7480 a seated position. Entry is free. AMETHYST BY THE SEA (360) 778-7217 YARROW AND CEDAR: American Herbalist Guild 14 member Natasha Clarke focuses on “Yarrow and Cedar” GAM-ANON: Attend Gam-Anon meetings (for family Will Hypnosis be your tool for change? at a workshop taking place from 6:30-8pm Thurs., and friends of individuals with a gambling disorder)

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